Farmer's Golf Course Offers Llama Caddies

Farmer's Golf Course Offers Llama Caddies AG WORLD Ag World 19-4-19 When Bruce and Diane Brage converted part of their farm into a golf course, they decided to try something different to persuade golfers to give the new course a try. They provide "llama caddies" to tote golf clubs. "We've received a tremendous amount of publicity about our llama caddies, including newspapers and TV stations. NBC even aired a report on one of their evening news shows," says Diane. "We have two llamas available for caddying on Mondays and Tuesdays which are traditionally slow days. The 9-year old llamas, Pueblo and Jack, can each carry two golf bags. We charge $25 per llama in addition to the normal $10 fee on our 9-hole course. Normally two people share one llama. The customer can lead the llamas himself or we can pro-vide a handler. "The llamas will slow up play a little but not enough to be a problem. We have hitching posts next to the greens and fairways. The llamas are very calm and walk right with you. We got them used to the course by walking them on it for a few weeks be-fore opening for business. Llamas are odor-less and have splayed feet so they don's leave deep tracks. However, we do ask that the animals be kept off the greens. We alsc `potty trained' them to go in a couple of selected places off the course. Some people have raised concerns about llamas spitting but we've found that the llamas normally don't spit at people. "We got the idea when we read a story about llamas being used on a North Carolina golf course." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Bruce and Diane Brage, 26161 Nicolai Ave., Cannon Falls, Minn. 55009 (ph 507 263-2507).

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